Process of fish-bait manufacture



H. SJDILLS.

PROCESS OF FISH BAIT MANUFACTURE.

APPLICATION FILED JAN-25,1918.

Patented Sept. 27, 1921.

, INVENTOR. lyen y L; MLMZQI a? ATTORNE s.

- coloring matter of the screen an the bait between the strands of thescreen. .Then the screen is removed and further col.-

oring matter is applied at selected points if desired and the bod isthen lacquered or otherwise finished coat.-'

' MIcIIIeAN;

UNITED STATES PATENT OFF-ICE.

HENRY s. DILLS, or G RRETT, INDIANA, AssIeN'Oa'or ONE-HALF 'ro JAMESHED- DONS soNs, INCORPORATED, or nOwAeIAc, MICHIGAN, A CORPORATION OF'rzaoonss or FISH-BAIT MA UrAc'rUnE.

'To all whom it may concern: Be itknown that I, HENRY rett,-in thecounty of Dekalb and State of Indiana, have invented new and usefulImprovements i'n Processes of Fish-Bait Manufacture.

The invention relates to processes of man The object of the inventionisto provide an attractive bait having a. finish closely resembling aminnow and to accomplish the same in a novel manner. I

In carrying out the invention I first apply to the usual bait bod one ormore coats .Of coloring matter of t e desired color or colors to form aback ound. I then wrap'about the body a flexible stencil having itscut-out portions closely imitatingin'outline the scales of a-fish-, andthen apply a. coat of coloring matter'to the surface of the stencileither by rubbing or by an air brush.

The best results are obtained by using coloring matter in powdered formof the desired color. and appl ing it with an'air brush. A

.45 tion of-colors ofbackground with the stencil cheap and a vantageousstencil is cloth I screening or IIIOSCfilltO netting since it readilyape of the bait body. The asses through the meshes adheres to thesurface of conforms to the s with a transparent In the drawing Figureillustrates a bait body 1 having thedesired color-or combinar' 2 wrappedaround it"preparatory to applying desired coloring material to form thescales and Fig. 2 is a View of the bait after v be produced in theforegoing manner and the scales have been applied, the view illustrating the hooks attached.

Any size and color of scale desired may afterthey are producedadditional coats of I S. DILLs, a

citizen of the United States, residing at Gar- Specification of LettersPatent. P t t d t, 27, 1921 Application m January 25, 1918. Serial No.21a,e2s. v

coloring matter may be applied at desirable polntson the body to cor'res0nd to the natural colorin of the fish w-'ch the bait is des1 ed toimitate.

' hatI claim is:

1. The method of representing fish scales on a fish bait bod whichcomprises wra ping flexible threa about the fish bait .bo y in suchmanner that the thread will form the outlines forthe individual scales,then applying a distinctive coat of selected coloring removing thethread.

matter to the body over the thread,.and then 2. The method ofrepresenting fish scales on a fish bait-body comprising appl in abackground of desired coloringmat ter to said body, then wrappingflexible thread closely about the body in 'such manner that theindividual scales are outlined by the thread, then applying adistinctive coat of selected coloring material to the body over thethread, and then removing the thread.

3; The method ofrepresenting fish scales on a fish bait body whichcomprises wrapplng closely about a fish bait body a flexible netting thethreads of which correspond to theoutlines of the scales tobe'represented, then applying a distinctive coat of selected coloringmatter tothe body over the netting and then removing the netting.

4. The method of representing fish scales on a fish bait body comprisingapplying a background of desired coloring matter to said body, thenwrapping closely about the spond to'the outlines of the scales to berepresented, then applying a coat of selected coloring matter to thebody'over the netting, then removing-the netting, and finally coveringthe said body with 'atransparent coating.

6. Themethod of representing fish scales on a bod which comprisesapplying flexible thread closely to the body in such manner that thethread will form the outline for the individual scales, then applying adistinctive coat'of selected coloring material to the body the thread,then appl ing 'a coating of they- I over the thread, and then removingthe color of the scales of t e fish-over the thread thread. I and overthe first coating, and then removing 7. The method of representing fishscales the thread network to ex ose the underneath 5 ona fish bait bodywhich comprises applycoating as a network 0 uniformly defined 15 ing acoatin of the color of that part of the lines. & fish bait bo y which isshown between the In witness whereof I hereunto subscribe scales, thenwrapping a flexible thread netmy name this 19th day of J anuary, 1918.Work closely about the body, in such manner I g 10 that the individualscales are outlined by 4 HENRY -S. DILLS;

